Does the Justice Department really need to appeal the recent decision that found "Don't Ask Don't Tell" unconstitutional, under its duty to defend existing federal law? Eh, not really, says ex-solicitor general Ted Olson, of Prop 8 trial fame.
There's more "Ground Zero mosque" news today! Here's Prop 8 lawyer Ted Olson, whose wife Barbara was killed on 9/11 (while he was Solicitor General), on the Islamic community center saga: "I think probably the president was right about this."
Ted Olson, the attorney who won Bush v. Gore, also won today's Supreme Court campaign finance decision. He is basically terrible! But here is the twist: he is arguing for gay marriage in the ongoing Proposition 8 suit!
In November of 2000, if you'd have bet your life against the fact that the man representing Bush in the case of Bush v. Gore would one day lead the fight to legalize gay marriage, you'd be dead now.
"FLASH: Ted Olson becomes frontrunner for Attorney General, top sources tell DRUDGE REPORT; announcement could be imminent..." You may recall Olson as the former Solicitor General who argued George W. Bush's case in Bush v. Gore. But his wife Barbara, a conservative TV personality, was a passenger on one of the planes…
